The team had a LOT of heart in the first half of the season. The next few games after that still demonstrated some heart even though the team hadn't played all that well. (Even the OT wins against a terrible JAX team and a weak DET team showed heart in the comebacks even when they didn't play well.)

Since the NE loss it's been a giant can of Quit Sauce that's been opened, though. Some of it may be injury, but it almost seemed like they fell off once they were "anointed" the best team in the NFL. Recently they have looked no better than a .500 team.